The hand-made poster representing Colodri, the most iconic wall in Arco. The poster features illustrations of fifty routes that climb Colodri's walls, and it's filled with textured details that bring the terrain to life. This poster can be a good way to remember the great climbs you did on these walls, or as a todo list for new adventures to experience.
Where to buy?
The poster is currently offered at a discounted price of 25€. You can buy the poster online at our
Etsy shop! Otherwise if you are in Arco and you'd like to buy it in person you
will find it available at the Parvat Clothing store in downtown Arco.
PARVAT CLOTHING
Via Vergolano, 19 - Arco 38062
Info & Details
The poster has a default size of 70x50 cm, which fits perfectly in standard frames you can find at Ikea or your favourite home forniture store. The poster can also be printed in custom shapes and on different materials (e.g., glass or forex). In case you are interested please contact us at arco.climb.rocks@gmail.com and we'll be happy to help you.
About this poster
After seeing Clay Wadman's work, and in particular its masterpiece, the El Capitan Free climbing map, I decided to give it a try and create a similar concept for the most beloved wall in Arco: Colodri.
This poster is the results of countless hours of work. The process started with taking multiple pictures of the wall from different angles during sunny and crispy cold winter days. After that I created a collage of photos that followed the wall all around its curves. This step was necessary in order to give credit to each line on the wall, even the ones that are not located in the most visible locations. Once the collage was ready I built a grid system and manually drawn with a pencil every detail of the wall and its features on a large canvas. This was probably the most important part, getting every detail right was important in order to fairly depict the features followed by each route: cracks, corners, slabs and so on.
Then came the fun part, using a combination of watercolors and ink to try reproducing the amazing colors of this mountain. Water has done an amazing work through the years on this wall, and the result is a mix of yellow, red and greys mix in a perfect blend. Unlike Clay Wadman's work, which mostly uses pencils and grey colors, I wanted to give it a more colorful touch by using watercolors.
The final and equally laborious part was collecting the information of all the climbs that reach Colodri's top and accurately draw them pitch by pitch on the artwork. The result are fifty independent lines for climbers of all skills and levels. Over the years I was able to climb most of the lines, which helped when adding details of every single pitch. For the climbs I have not yet climbed I leaned on the great work done by Diego Filippi in his guidebook edited by Versante Sud. In some cases I simply looked around various corners of the internet.
What you are left with is a poster that you can hang on the wall of your house or your gym. I hope it will bring back good memories of the time you spent in Arco, otherwise, in case you've never been here, get you excited about putting your hands on Colodri and its beautiful walls.